List: Games are Political | Curated by Oscar

Jan 20, 2025

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Games are PoliticalGames about politics, and occasionally political games.
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The Ugly Monster
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Oscar
Artpunk Will Save Your Doomed SoulMörk Borg, HōL, and the savage subversion of tabletop roleplaying games
Jan 20
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Jan 20
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The Ugly Monster
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Jacob ._.'
Palestinian Relief Bundle: The New EntriesBreaking new ground in 2024
Dec 24, 2024
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Dec 24, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Jacob ._.'
Palestinian Relief Bundle — Overview: The ‘Repeats’‘FIST’ is so nice you saw it THRICE
Nov 14, 2024
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Nov 14, 2024
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Rock, Paper, Siren!
White Boy Samurai: Reflections on LARP’s Obsession with the OrientWhile sitting at the library writing this blogpost, I literally had someone come up to me and compliment my “Scottish-Japanese attire”. I’m…
Jul 23, 2024
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Jul 23, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Ines
How ‘Life Is Strange 2’ Uses Politics to Foster Empathy‘Life Is Strange 2’ is centred on empathy because the choices you have to make are often morally ambiguous
Nov 27, 2024
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Nov 27, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Oscar
Election Day: Political Mechanics for Tabletop Roleplaying GamesAlso, The Ugly Monster endorses Kamala Harris
Oct 24, 2024
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Oct 24, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Jacob ._.'
An Overview of the Palestinian Relief Bundle — Another Documentation Project373 game titles were donated in the hopes of assisting Palestinians cut off from humanitarian aid
Oct 3, 2024
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Oct 3, 2024
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The Dungeon Tribune
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benny
New Stat Unveiled: ZIP Code at BirthResearchers have shown that zip code at birth has a large correlation with success, and now the game developers are looking to capture that…
Jun 25, 2024
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Jun 25, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Oscar
Eat the Reich: Nazis are BadThis TTRPG is mechanically elegant, visually glorious, and thematically apropos
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Jun 24, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Lady Horatia
‘Sid Meier’s: Civilization VI’ and Trying to Make a Better WorldIs it possible to make a better world? And what can ‘Civilization VI’ tell us about that?
May 10, 2024
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May 10, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Lady Horatia
Fallout: Imagining a UtopiaWhat if a utopia was possible?
May 5, 2024
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May 5, 2024
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The Goober Collective
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CherylWithoutOrgans
Searching for Love in ElysiumA thematic examination of Disco Elysium
Apr 30, 2024
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Apr 30, 2024
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History of Women
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Giulia Picciau
The Board Game She Invented Got Stolen From HerBut it sort of proved her point
Mar 7, 2024
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Mar 7, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Oscar
Wanted: Articles On Politics in Entertainment MediaStar Trek and the X-Men were always political
Apr 16, 2024
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Apr 16, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Lady Horatia
The Politics of Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’What can we deduce about Michael Bay’s politics by watching this film he produced and directed?
Mar 25, 2024
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Mar 25, 2024
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Christopher Hill
The Importance of Remembering that We are the BaddiesWarhammer 40k and depictions of Fascism in Media
Dec 27, 2023
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Dec 27, 2023
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Laurie O'Connel
Cheating at the [Death] GameThoughts on Death Games and game design.
Feb 8, 2024
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Feb 8, 2024
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The Ugly Monster
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Jacob ._.'
I Played Every Game in the Bundle For UkraineAnother Postmortem
Feb 7, 2024
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Feb 7, 2024
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Aasa T
Politics of #dwarfpostingI think it is still fair to say, that Gimli is the most widely known and recognized archetype of a fantasy dwarf character, as Legolas is…
Oct 6, 2023
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Oct 6, 2023
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The Ugly Monster
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Oscar
‘Eat the Reich’ Could Kneecap D&D and Skew the TTRPG LandscapeThis game about Nazi-hunting vampires should be a movie
Sep 17, 2023
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Games are Political

Games about politics, and occasionally political games.

Artpunk Will Save Your Doomed Soul

Mörk Borg, HōL, and the savage subversion of tabletop roleplaying games

Palestinian Relief Bundle: The New Entries

Breaking new ground in 2024

Palestinian Relief Bundle — Overview: The ‘Repeats’

‘FIST’ is so nice you saw it THRICE

White Boy Samurai: Reflections on LARP’s Obsession with the Orient

While sitting at the library writing this blogpost, I literally had someone come up to me and compliment my “Scottish-Japanese attire”. I’m…

How ‘Life Is Strange 2’ Uses Politics to Foster Empathy

‘Life Is Strange 2’ is centred on empathy because the choices you have to make are often morally ambiguous

Election Day: Political Mechanics for Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Also, The Ugly Monster endorses Kamala Harris

An Overview of the Palestinian Relief Bundle — Another Documentation Project

373 game titles were donated in the hopes of assisting Palestinians cut off from humanitarian aid

New Stat Unveiled: ZIP Code at Birth

Researchers have shown that zip code at birth has a large correlation with success, and now the game developers are looking to capture that…

Eat the Reich: Nazis are Bad

This TTRPG is mechanically elegant, visually glorious, and thematically apropos

‘Sid Meier’s: Civilization VI’ and Trying to Make a Better World

Is it possible to make a better world? And what can ‘Civilization VI’ tell us about that?

Fallout: Imagining a Utopia

What if a utopia was possible?

Searching for Love in Elysium

A thematic examination of Disco Elysium

The Board Game She Invented Got Stolen From Her

But it sort of proved her point

Wanted: Articles On Politics in Entertainment Media

Star Trek and the X-Men were always political

The Politics of Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’

What can we deduce about Michael Bay’s politics by watching this film he produced and directed?

The Importance of Remembering that We are the Baddies

Warhammer 40k and depictions of Fascism in Media

Cheating at the [Death] Game

Thoughts on Death Games and game design.

I Played Every Game in the Bundle For Ukraine

Another Postmortem

Politics of #dwarfposting

I think it is still fair to say, that Gimli is the most widely known and recognized archetype of a fantasy dwarf character, as Legolas is…

‘Eat the Reich’ Could Kneecap D&D and Skew the TTRPG Landscape

This game about Nazi-hunting vampires should be a movie

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